Input validation error in Opensuse and Wireshark - CVE-2015-2187
Published: March 8, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40880
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2187
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Wireshark.org
Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Opensuse
Wireshark
Opensuse
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The dissect_atn_cpdlc_heur function in asn1/atn-cpdlc/packet-atn-cpdlc-template.c in the ATN-CPDLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly follow the TRY/ENDTRY code requirements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-2187
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9952
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=1a3dd349233a4ee3e69295c8e79f9a216027037e
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03